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Songs for Drella
Songs for Drella
Studio album by Lou Reed and John Cale
Released	April 11, 1990
Recorded	December 1989 – January 1990
Studio	Sigma Sound, New York City
Genre	Art rock
Length	52:54
Label	Sire
Producer	Lou Reed; John Cale;
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Songs for Drella is a 1990 studio album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of the American rock band the Velvet Underground; it is a song cycle about Andy Warhol,^[1] their mentor, who had died following routine surgery in 1987. Drella was a nickname for Warhol coined by Warhol superstar Ondine, a contraction of Dracula and Cinderella, used by Warhol's crowd but never liked by Warhol himself. The song cycle focuses on Warhol's interpersonal relations and experiences, with songs falling roughly into three categories: Warhol's first-person perspective (which makes up the vast majority of the album), third-person narratives chronicling events and affairs, and first-person commentaries on Warhol by Reed and Cale themselves. The songs, in general, address events in their chronological order.

Recording

Lou Reed and John Cale spoke to one another for the first time in years at Warhol's memorial service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on April 1, 1987. The painter Julian Schnabel suggested they write a memorial piece for Warhol. On January 7 and 8, 1989, Cale and Reed performed an almost-completed Songs for Drella at The Church of St. Anne's in Brooklyn.^[2] Still, as Cale was wrapping up Words for the Dying, and Reed had finished and was touring with his New York studio album (both 1989), the project took another year to complete. The first full version (notably with the inclusion of "A Dream" in one performance) was played on November 29–30, and December 2–3 at the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.^[3] On December 4–5, 1989, a live performance—without an audience—was filmed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, directed by Ed Lachman, and released on VHS and LaserDisc formats.^[4]^[5] Over the following two months, Reed and Cale proceeded to record the material for the album, which was released on April 11, 1990 by Sire Records.

The album was the pair's first full collaborative record since the Velvet Underground's second studio album White Light/White Heat (1968), and by the end of recording Cale vowed never to work with Reed again due to personal differences; plans to support the album with a tour were shelved. Nevertheless, Songs for Drella would prove to be the prelude to a Velvet Underground reunion: after playing a Drella selection on June 15, 1990, at a Warhol/Velvet Underground exhibition at the Cartier Foundation in Jouy-en-Josas, Reed and Cale were joined onstage by Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker for a rendition of the Velvet Underground song "Heroin",^[6] which eventually led to the first and last Velvet Underground reunion, which took place in 1993 (after which Cale and Reed, again, vowed never to work with one another again).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[7]
Chicago Sun-Times	^[8]
Chicago Tribune	^[9]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[10]
Los Angeles Times	^[11]
NME	8/10^[12]
Q	^[13]
Rolling Stone	^[14]
Spin	^[15]
The Village Voice	A−^[16]

Songs for Drella received positive reviews and critical praise upon release. In a four-star review, Rolling Stone writer Paul Evans stated "Both nearing fifty, Reed and Cale are the survivors Warhol wasn't fated to become. In popular music, only bluesmen and country greats have managed the maturity these two display."^[14] Spin described Songs for Drella as "a moving testament to one of the '60s most important icons" and named it one of the Top 20 albums of 1990.^[17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lou Reed and John Cale

Side A
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Smalltown"	Lou Reed	2:04
2.	"Open House"	Lou Reed	4:18
3.	"Style It Takes"	John Cale	2:54
4.	"Work"	Lou Reed	2:38
5.	"Trouble with Classicists"	John Cale	3:42
6.	"Starlight"	Lou Reed	3:28
7.	"Faces and Names"	John Cale	4:12

Side B
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
8.	"Images"	Lou Reed	3:31
9.	"Slip Away (A Warning)"	Lou Reed	3:05
10.	"It Wasn't Me"	Lou Reed	3:30
11.	"I Believe"	Lou Reed	3:18
12.	"Nobody But You"	Lou Reed	3:46
13.	"A Dream"	John Cale	6:33
14.	"Forever Changed"	John Cale	4:52
15.	"Hello It's Me"	Lou Reed	3:13
Total length:			52:54

Singles

"Nobody But You" b/w "Style It Takes" – 7" Germany 1990
"Nobody But You"; "Style It Takes" b/w "A Dream" – 12" & CD-single Germany 1990

Personnel

John Cale – vocals, keyboards, viola
Lou Reed – vocals, guitar

Charts

Chart performance for *Songs for Drella*
Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[18]	100
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[19]	28
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[20]	14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[21]	28
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[22]	42
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[23]	43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[24]	18
UK Albums (OCC)^[25]	22
US Billboard 200^[26]	103

References

^ Pareles, Jon (December 1, 1989). "Review/Rock; 'Songs for Drella,' A Tribute to Warhol". The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
^ Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale setlists 1989: New York 1989-01-08
^ Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale setlists 1989: New York 1989-11-30
^ Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale on screen: Songs for Drella video (includes link to full video online)
^ Songs for Drella video at Internet Movie Database
^ Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale setlists 1990: Jouy-En-Josas 1990-06-15
^ Deming, Mark. "Songs for Drella – Lou Reed / John Cale". AllMusic. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
^ McLeese, Don (April 23, 1990). "'Songs for 'Drella' weave velvet elegy to Warhol's genius". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
^ Kot, Greg (January 12, 1992). "Lou Reed's Recordings: 25 Years Of Path-Breaking Music". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
^ Sandow, Greg (April 27, 1990). "Songs for 'Drella". Entertainment Weekly. New York. Archived from the original on October 10, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
^ Hochman, Steve (April 24, 1990). "A Moving Remembrance of Andy Warhol". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
^ Martin, Gavin (April 28, 1990). "Drella Killer". NME. London. p. 37. Archived from the original on June 22, 2000. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ Cooper, Mark (May 1990). "Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella". Q. No. 44. London.
^ ^a ^b Evans, Paul (May 17, 1990). "Songs for Drella". Rolling Stone. New York. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
^ Marchese, David (November 2008). "Discography: Lou Reed". Spin. Vol. 24, no. 11. New York. p. 67. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
^ Christgau, Robert (September 25, 1990). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
^ Greer, Jim (December 1990). "Albums of the Year". Spin. Vol. 6, no. 9. New York. p. 54. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 232.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
^ "Charts.nz – Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
^ "Lou Reed Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

External links

Songs for Drella at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Pareles, Jon (December 1, 1989). "Review/Rock; 'Songs for Drella,' A Tribute to Warhol". The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2017.

[2] Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale setlists 1989: New York 1989-01-08

[3] Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale setlists 1989: New York 1989-11-30

[4] Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale on screen: Songs for Drella video (includes link to full video online)

[5] Songs for Drella video at Internet Movie Database

[6] Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale setlists 1990: Jouy-En-Josas 1990-06-15

[7] Deming, Mark. "Songs for Drella – Lou Reed / John Cale". AllMusic. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

[8] McLeese, Don (April 23, 1990). "'Songs for 'Drella' weave velvet elegy to Warhol's genius". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 27, 2023.

[9] Kot, Greg (January 12, 1992). "Lou Reed's Recordings: 25 Years Of Path-Breaking Music". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 29, 2013.

[10] Sandow, Greg (April 27, 1990). "Songs for 'Drella". Entertainment Weekly. New York. Archived from the original on October 10, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2022.

[11] Hochman, Steve (April 24, 1990). "A Moving Remembrance of Andy Warhol". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

[12] Martin, Gavin (April 28, 1990). "Drella Killer". NME. London. p. 37. Archived from the original on June 22, 2000. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[13] Cooper, Mark (May 1990). "Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella". Q. No. 44. London.

[Evans-14] Evans, Paul (May 17, 1990). "Songs for Drella". Rolling Stone. New York. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

[15] Marchese, David (November 2008). "Discography: Lou Reed". Spin. Vol. 24, no. 11. New York. p. 67. Retrieved January 13, 2017.

[16] Christgau, Robert (September 25, 1990). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

[17] Greer, Jim (December 1990). "Albums of the Year". Spin. Vol. 6, no. 9. New York. p. 54. Retrieved June 27, 2023.

[18] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 232.

[ac_Austria_Lou_Reed_&_John_Cale-19] "Austriancharts.at – Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

[ac_Netherlands_Lou_Reed_&_John_Cale-20] "Dutchcharts.nl – Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

[ac_Germany4_Lou_Reed_&_John_Cale-21] "Offiziellecharts.de – Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

[ac_New_Zealand_Lou_Reed_&_John_Cale-22] "Charts.nz – Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

[ac_Sweden_Lou_Reed_&_John_Cale-23] "Swedishcharts.com – Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

[ac_Switzerland_Lou_Reed_&_John_Cale-24] "Swisscharts.com – Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

[ac_UK2_-25] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

[ac_Billboard200_Lou_Reed-26] "Lou Reed Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

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+'''''Songs for Drella''''' is a 1990 studio album by [[Lou Reed]] and [[John Cale]], both formerly of the American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Velvet Underground]]; it is a [[song cycle]] about [[Andy Warhol]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/01/arts/review-rock-songs-for-drella-a-tribute-to-warhol.html|title=Review/Rock; 'Songs for Drella,' A Tribute to Warhol|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 1, 1989|access-date=February 18, 2017}}</ref> their mentor, who had died following routine surgery in 1987. Drella was a nickname for Warhol coined by [[Warhol superstar]] [[Ondine (actor)|Ondine]], a contraction of [[Dracula]] and [[Cinderella]], used by Warhol's crowd but never liked by Warhol himself. The song cycle focuses on Warhol's interpersonal relations and experiences, with songs falling roughly into three categories: Warhol's first-person perspective (which makes up the vast majority of the album), third-person narratives chronicling events and affairs, and first-person commentaries on Warhol by Reed and Cale themselves. The songs, in general, address events in their chronological order.
-}}
-'''''Songs for Drella''''' is a 1990 studio album by [[Lou Reed]] and [[John Cale]], both formerly of [[the Velvet Underground]]; it is a [[song cycle]] about [[Andy Warhol]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/01/arts/review-rock-songs-for-drella-a-tribute-to-warhol.html|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=1 Dec 1989|first=Jon|last=Pareles|author-link=Jon Pareles|title=Review/Rock; 'Songs for Drella,' A Tribute to Warhol}}</ref> their mentor, who had died following routine surgery in 1987. Drella was a nickname for Warhol coined by [[Warhol superstar]] [[Ondine (actor)|Ondine]], a contraction of [[Dracula]] and [[Cinderella]], used by Warhol's crowd but never liked by Warhol himself. The song cycle focuses on Warhol's interpersonal relations and experiences, with songs falling roughly into three categories: Warhol's first-person perspective (which makes up the vast majority of the album), third-person narratives chronicling events and affairs, and first-person commentaries on Warhol by Reed and Cale themselves. The songs, in general, address events in their chronological order.
 ==Recording==
-Lou Reed and John Cale spoke to one another for the first time in years at Warhol's memorial service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on April 1, 1987. The painter [[Julian Schnabel]] suggested they write a memorial piece for Warhol. On January 7 and 8, 1989, Cale and Reed performed an almost-completed ''Songs for Drella'' at The Church of St. Anne's in [[Brooklyn]].<ref>[http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/setlists/1989_01_08.html Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale setlists 1989: New York 1989-01-08]</ref> Still, as Cale was wrapping up ''[[Words for the Dying]]'', and Reed had finished and was touring with his ''[[New York (album)|New York]]'' album, the project took another year to complete. The first full version (notably with the inclusion of "A Dream" in one performance) was played on November 29–30, and December 2–3 at the Next Wave Festival at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]].<ref>[http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/setlists/1989_11_30.html Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale setlists 1989: New York 1989-11-30]</ref> On December 4–5, 1989, a live performance—without an audience—was filmed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, directed by [[Edward Lachman|Ed Lachman]], and released on [[VHS]] and [[laserdisc]] formats.<ref>[http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/movies/songs_for_drella.html Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale on screen: Songs for Drella video (includes link to full video online)]</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364012/ Songs for Drella video at Internet Movie Database]</ref> Over the following two months, Reed and Cale proceeded to record the material for the album, which was released in 1990 by [[Sire Records]].
+Lou Reed and John Cale spoke to one another for the first time in years at Warhol's memorial service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on April 1, 1987. The painter [[Julian Schnabel]] suggested they write a memorial piece for Warhol. On January 7 and 8, 1989, Cale and Reed performed an almost-completed ''Songs for Drella'' at The Church of St. Anne's in [[Brooklyn]].<ref>[http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/setlists/1989_01_08.html Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale setlists 1989: New York 1989-01-08]</ref> Still, as Cale was wrapping up ''[[Words for the Dying]]'', and Reed had finished and was touring with his ''[[New York (album)|New York]]'' studio album (both 1989), the project took another year to complete. The first full version (notably with the inclusion of "A Dream" in one performance) was played on November 29–30, and December 2–3 at the Next Wave Festival at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]].<ref>[http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/setlists/1989_11_30.html Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale setlists 1989: New York 1989-11-30]</ref> On December 4–5, 1989, a live performance—without an audience—was filmed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, directed by [[Edward Lachman|Ed Lachman]], and released on [[VHS]] and [[LaserDisc]] formats.<ref>[http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/movies/songs_for_drella.html Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale on screen: Songs for Drella video (includes link to full video online)]</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364012/ Songs for Drella video at Internet Movie Database]</ref> Over the following two months, Reed and Cale proceeded to record the material for the album, which was released on April 11, 1990 by [[Sire Records]].
-The album was the pair's first full collaborative record since 1968's ''[[White Light/White Heat]]'', and by the end of recording Cale vowed never to work with Reed again due to personal differences; plans to support the album with a tour were shelved. Nevertheless, ''Songs for Drella'' would prove to be the prelude to a Velvet Underground reunion: after playing a ''Drella'' selection on June 15, 1990, at a Warhol/Velvet Underground exhibition at the [[Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain|Cartier Foundation]] in [[Jouy-en-Josas]], Reed and Cale were joined onstage by [[Sterling Morrison]] and [[Maureen Tucker]] for a rendition of the Velvet Underground song "[[Heroin (The Velvet Underground song)|Heroin]]",<ref>[http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/setlists/1990_06_15.html Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale setlists 1990: Jouy-En-Josas 1990-06-15]</ref> which eventually led to the first and last Velvet Underground reunion, which took place in 1993 (after which Cale and Reed, again, vowed never to work with one another again).
+The album was the pair's first full collaborative record since the Velvet Underground's second studio album ''[[White Light/White Heat]]'' (1968), and by the end of recording Cale vowed never to work with Reed again due to personal differences; plans to support the album with a tour were shelved. Nevertheless, ''Songs for Drella'' would prove to be the prelude to a Velvet Underground reunion: after playing a ''Drella'' selection on June 15, 1990, at a Warhol/Velvet Underground exhibition at the [[Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain|Cartier Foundation]] in [[Jouy-en-Josas]], Reed and Cale were joined onstage by [[Sterling Morrison]] and [[Maureen Tucker]] for a rendition of the Velvet Underground song "[[Heroin (The Velvet Underground song)|Heroin]]",<ref>[http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/setlists/1990_06_15.html Fear Is A Man's Best Friend fansite - John Cale setlists 1990: Jouy-En-Josas 1990-06-15]</ref> which eventually led to the first and last Velvet Underground reunion, which took place in 1993 (after which Cale and Reed, again, vowed never to work with one another again).
 ==Critical reception==
-{{Album ratings
+{{Music ratings
-| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
+| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
-| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-for-drella-mw0000207184|title=Songs for Drella – John Cale / Lou Reed|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 14, 2015}}</ref>
+| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-for-drella-mw0000207184|title=Songs for Drella – Lou Reed / John Cale|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 14, 2015}}</ref>
-| rev2      = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
+| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''
-| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Kot">{{cite news|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-01-12/entertainment/9201040209_1_star-rca-robert-quine|title=Lou Reed's Recordings: 25 Years Of Path-breaking Music|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 12, 1992|access-date=July 29, 2013}}</ref>
+| rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite news|last=McLeese|first=Don|url=https://chicagosuntimes.newsbank.com/doc/news/0EB372DFABAC5AF8|title='Songs for 'Drella' weave velvet elegy to Warhol's genius|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=April 23, 1990|access-date=June 27, 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
-| rev3      = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
+| rev3 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
-| rev3score = B−<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Greg|last=Sandow|url=https://ew.com/article/1990/04/27/songs-drella/|title=Songs for 'Drella|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=April 27, 1990|access-date=December 11, 2022}}</ref>
+| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-01-12-9201040209-story.html|title=Lou Reed's Recordings: 25 Years Of Path-Breaking Music|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 12, 1992|access-date=July 29, 2013}}</ref>
-| rev4      = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
+| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
-| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Hochman|first=Steve|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-24/entertainment/ca-170_1_andy-warhol|title=Album Review: A Moving Remembrance of Andy Warhol|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 24, 1990|access-date=November 14, 2015}}</ref>
+| rev4score = B−<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sandow|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Sandow|url=https://ew.com/article/1990/04/27/songs-drella/|title=Songs for 'Drella|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|location=New York|date=April 27, 1990|access-date=December 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010182156/https://ew.com/article/1990/04/27/songs-drella/|archive-date=October 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-| rev5      = ''[[NME]]''
+| rev5 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
-| rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal|last=Martin|first=Gavin|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000020reviews.html|title=Lou Reed/John Cale – Songs For Drella|journal=[[NME]]|location=London|access-date=January 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000622115024/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000020reviews.html|archive-date=June 22, 2000}}</ref>
+| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Hochman|first=Steve|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-24-ca-170-story.html|title=A Moving Remembrance of Andy Warhol|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 24, 1990|access-date=November 14, 2015}}</ref>
-| rev6      = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
+| rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
+| rev6score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Martin|first=Gavin|author-link=Gavin Martin|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000020reviews.html|title=Drella Killer|magazine=[[NME]]|location=London|date=April 28, 1990|access-date=January 25, 2016|page=37|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000622115024/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000020reviews.html|archive-date=June 22, 2000|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella|journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=127|location=London|date=April 1997|page=150}}</ref>
-| rev7      = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
+| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
-| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Evans|first=Paul|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/songs-for-drella-252827|title=Songs for Drella|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=New York|date=May 17, 1990|access-date=November 14, 2015}}</ref>
+| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cooper|first=Mark|title=Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|location=London|issue=44|date=May 1990}}</ref>
-| rev8      = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
+| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
+| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Evans">{{cite magazine|last=Evans|first=Paul|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/songs-for-drella-252827/|title=Songs for Drella|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=New York|date=May 17, 1990|access-date=November 14, 2015}}</ref>
-| rev8Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Hull|first=Tom|chapter=Lou Reed|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|edition=4th|year=2004|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/684 684–85]}}</ref>
-| rev9      = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
+| rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
-| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Marchese|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0yvyxlaTDXMC&pg=PA67|title=Discography: Lou Reed|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|volume=24|issue=11|location=New York|date=November 2009|access-date=January 13, 2017|page=67}}</ref>
+| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Marchese|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0yvyxlaTDXMC&pg=PA67|title=Discography: Lou Reed|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|location=New York|volume=24|issue=11|date=November 2008|access-date=January 13, 2017|page=67}}</ref>
-| rev10      = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
+| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
-| rev10Score = A−<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv990-90.php|title=Consumer Guide|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|location=New York|date=September 25, 1990|access-date=November 14, 2015}}</ref>
+| rev10score = A−<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv990-90.php|title=Consumer Guide|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|location=New York|date=September 25, 1990|access-date=November 14, 2015}}</ref>
 }}
-''Songs for Drella'' received positive reviews and critical praise upon release.  In a four-star review, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' writer Paul Evans stated "Both nearing fifty, Reed and Cale are the survivors Warhol wasn't fated to become. In popular music, only bluesmen and country greats have managed the maturity these two display."<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Paul|last=Evans|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/songs-for-drella-19900517|title = Songs for Drella|magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]|date = 17 May 1990}}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' described ''Songs for Drella'' as "a moving testament to one of the '60s most important icons" and named it one of the Top 20 albums of 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Jim|last=Greer|date=December 31, 1990|url=https://www.spin.com/1990/12/best-albums-1990/|title = The 20 Best Albums of 1990|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref>
+''Songs for Drella'' received positive reviews and critical praise upon release.  In a four-star review, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' writer Paul Evans stated "Both nearing fifty, Reed and Cale are the survivors Warhol wasn't fated to become. In popular music, only [[blues]]men and [[Country music|country]] greats have managed the maturity these two display."<ref name="Evans"/> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' described ''Songs for Drella'' as "a moving testament to one of the '60s most important icons" and named it one of the Top 20 albums of 1990.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Greer|first=Jim|author-link=James Greer (writer)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RDWxkmx1bj4C&pg=PA54|title=Albums of the Year|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|location=New York|volume=6|issue=9|date=December 1990|access-date=June 27, 2023|page=54}}</ref>
 ==Track listing==
+{{Track listing
-{{tracklist
-| writing = Lou Reed and John Cale
+| all_writing  = [[Lou Reed]] and [[John Cale]]
-| headline = Side A
+| headline     = Side A
 | extra_column = Lead vocals
-| title1 = Smalltown
+| title1       = Smalltown
-| extra1 = Lou Reed
+| extra1       = Lou Reed
-| length1 = 2:04
+| length1      = 2:04
-| title2 = Open House
+| title2       = Open House
-| extra2 = Lou Reed
+| extra2       = Lou Reed
-| length2 = 4:18
+| length2      = 4:18
-| title3 = Style It Takes
+| title3       = Style It Takes
-| extra3 = John Cale
+| extra3       = John Cale
-| length3 = 2:54
+| length3      = 2:54
-| title4 = Work
+| title4       = Work
-| extra4 = Lou Reed
+| extra4       = Lou Reed
-| length4 = 2:38
+| length4      = 2:38
-| title5 = Trouble with Classicists
+| title5       = Trouble with Classicists
-| extra5 = John Cale
+| extra5       = John Cale
-| length5 = 3:42
+| length5      = 3:42
-| title6 = Starlight
+| title6       = Starlight
-| extra6 = Lou Reed
+| extra6       = Lou Reed
-| length6 = 3:28
+| length6      = 3:28
-| title7 = Faces and Names
+| title7       = Faces and Names
-| extra7 = John Cale
+| extra7       = John Cale
-| length7 = 4:12
+| length7      = 4:12
 }}
+{{Track listing
-{{tracklist
 | headline     = Side B
 | extra_column = Lead vocals
-| total_length =
+| total_length = 52:54
 | title8       = Images
 | extra8       = Lou Reed
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-== References ==
+==References==
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+==External links==
+* {{discogs master|44389}}
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v t e Lou Reed
Discography
Studio albums	Lou Reed Transformer Berlin Sally Can't Dance Metal Machine Music Coney Island Baby Rock and Roll Heart Street Hassle The Bells Growing Up in Public The Blue Mask Legendary Hearts New Sensations Mistrial New York Magic and Loss Set the Twilight Reeling Ecstasy The Raven Hudson River Wind Meditations
Collaborations	Le Bataclan '72 (with John Cale and Nico) Songs for Drella (with John Cale) The Stone: Issue Three (with John Zorn and Laurie Anderson) Lulu (with Metallica)
Live albums	Rock 'n' Roll Animal Lou Reed Live Live: Take No Prisoners Live in Italy Perfect Night: Live in London American Poet Animal Serenade Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse The Creation of the Universe
Compilations	Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed Rock and Roll Diary: 1967–1980 City Lights Walk on the Wild Side & Other Hits Different Times: Lou Reed in the '70s The Best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground A Retrospective Perfect Day Retro The Definitive Collection The Very Best of Lou Reed Legendary Lou Reed NYC Man (The Ultimate Collection 1967–2003) The Essential Lou Reed
Singles	"Walk on the Wild Side"/"Perfect Day" "Satellite of Love" "Vicious" "Sweet Jane" "Street Hassle" "I Love You, Suzanne" "My Red Joystick" "High in the City" "September Song" "The Original Wrapper" "No Money Down" "Dirty Blvd."
Featured singles	"Tranquilize"
Box sets	Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology
Related articles	The Velvet Underground John Cale Nico Ostrich guitar Metal Machine Trio Live at Montreux 2000 Loureedia Rock & Rule Rachel Humphreys Laurie Anderson The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed

v t e John Cale
Studio albums	Vintage Violence Church of Anthrax (with Terry Riley) The Academy in Peril Paris 1919 Fear Slow Dazzle Helen of Troy Honi Soit Music for a New Society Caribbean Sunset Artificial Intelligence Words for the Dying Songs for Drella (with Lou Reed) Wrong Way Up (with Brian Eno) Last Day on Earth (with Bob Neuwirth) Walking on Locusts HoboSapiens blackAcetate Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood M:FANS Mercy Poptical Illusion
Extended plays	Animal Justice 5 Tracks Extra Playful
Live albums	June 1, 1974 (with Kevin Ayers, Brian Eno and Nico) Sabotage/Live John Cale Comes Alive Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Fragments of a Rainy Season Le Bataclan '72 (with Lou Reed and Nico) Circus Live Live at Rockpalast
Soundtrack albums	Paris s'eveille - suivi d'autres compositions 23 Solo Pieces for La Naissance de L'Amour Eat/Kiss: Music for the Films by Andy Warhol Dance Music Process
Compilation albums	Guts Seducing Down the Door: A Collection 1970−1990 Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale The Island Years Gold New York in the 1960s: Sun Blindness Music Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. I: Day of Niagara Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. II: Dream Interpretation Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. III: Stainless Gamelan Conflict & Catalysis: Productions & Arrangements 1966−2006
Related articles	Discography Productions Filmography The Velvet Underground Theatre of Eternal Music

v t e Andy Warhol
Artworks	129 Die in Jet! (1962) Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) Coca-Cola (3) (1962) Coca-Cola (4) (1962) Marilyn Diptych (1962) Men in Her Life (1962) 3 Coke Bottles (1962) Gold Marilyn Monroe (1962) Green Coca-Cola Bottles (1962) Eight Elvises (1963) Colored Mona Lisa (1963) Ethel Scull 36 Times (1963) Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) (1963) Green Car Crash (1963) Triple Elvis (1963) Suicide (Purple Jumping Man) (1963) Thirteen Most Wanted Men (1964) Shot Marilyns (1964) Race Riot (1964) Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966) Cow Wallpaper (1966) Big Electric Chair (1967) Marilyn Monroe portfolio (1967) Campbell's Soup I (1968) Campbell's Soup Cans II (1969) Vote McGovern (1972) Athletes (1977) Shadows (1978-79) Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century (1980) Crosses (1981) Jean-Michel Basquiat (1982) Magazine and History (1983) Speed Skater (1983) Orange Prince (1984) Olympics (1984) Taxi, 45th/Broadway (1984-85) The Last Supper (1984-1986) Zenith (1985) Portrait of Seymour H. Knox (1985) Reigning Queens (1985) Camouflage Self-Portrait (1986) Cars (1986)
Films	Sleep (1964) Kiss (1964) Eat (1964) Blow Job (1964) Batman Dracula (1964) Soap Opera (1964) Couch (1964) Taylor Mead's Ass (1964) Henry Geldzahler (1964) Harlot (1964) Screen Tests (1964–1966) Empire (1965) Vinyl (1965) Horse (1965) Space (1965) Camp (1965) Poor Little Rich Girl (1965) Beauty No. 1 (1965) Beauty No. 2 (1965) More Milk, Yvette (1965) The Life of Juanita Castro (1965) My Hustler (1965) Kitchen (1966) Eating Too Fast (1966) The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound (1966) Salvador Dalí (1966) Chelsea Girls (1966) Since (1966) The Andy Warhol Story (1966) I, a Man (1967) Bike Boy (1967) Four Stars**** (1967) Imitation of Christ (1967) Tub Girls (1967) The Nude Restaurant (1967) Lonesome Cowboys (1968) San Diego Surf (1968) Flesh (1968) Blue Movie (1969) Trash (1970) Women in Revolt (1971) Heat (1972) L'Amour (1972) Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) Blood for Dracula (1974) Bad (1977)
Books	25 Cats Name Sam and One Blue Pussy (1954) a, A Novel (1968) Blue Movie (1970) The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975) Exposures (1979) Popism: The Warhol Sixties (1980) The Andy Warhol Diaries (1989)
Media	Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes (TV series) Andy Warhol's Pork (play) Interview (magazine) "15 minutes of fame" You Are the One (music video) "Misfit" (music video)
Milieu	The Factory Factory Additions The Velvet Underground Warhol Superstars Studio 54 New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre 55th Street Playhouse Jed Johnson Eothen
Museums	The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh) Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art (Medzilaborce)
Depictions	"Andy Warhol" (1971 song) Dos Cabezas (1982 painting) Andy Mouse (1986 screenprints) Songs for Drella (1990 album) Basquiat (1996 film) I Shot Andy Warhol (1996 film) Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006 documentary) Factory Girl (2006 film) The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022 docuseries)
Family	Julia Warhola (mother) John Warhola (brother) James Warhola (nephew)
Related	Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board Moon Museum The Druds The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol (1971) Absolut Warhola (2001 film) Brillo Box (3 ¢ Off) (2016 documentary) Andy Warhol Bridge Warhol (biography)
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